{"id":1271,"date":"2025-12-13T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:37:15","slug":"bath-body-works-food-scented-candles-are-dividing-shoppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1271","title":{"rendered":"Bath &#038; Body Works\u2019 Food-Scented Candles Are Dividing Shoppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Bath &amp; Body Works released a new line of candles timed with their annual Candle Day sale.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">Alongside the classics, new food-inspired scents hit shelves like Chips &amp; Salsa, Pizza &amp; Ranch, and Holiday Dill-ight.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">Fans roasted the &#8220;weird&#8221; fragrances on social media, with Pizza &amp; Ranch and Chips &amp; Salsa taking the brunt of the heat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Bath &amp; Body Works&#8217; annual Candle Day is usually a wholesome holiday ritual. You stock up on the seasonal heavy-hitters and leave knowing your home is about to smell like a pine forest filled with freshly-baked cookies. This year\u2019s event still had the classics, but the real twist came from their new release, which has been reminding people of a sports bar appetizer sampler\u2014complimentary in other scenarios, but definitely not this one. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbwinc.com\/media\/newsroom\/n-bath-body-works-announces-the-return-of-annual-candle-day-2025-12-02-090041\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.bbwinc.com\/media\/newsroom\/n-bath-body-works-announces-the-return-of-annual-candle-day-2025-12-02-090041\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"a press release\" data-node-id=\"3.1\" class=\"body-link css-1i7jlb0 emevuu60\">a press release<\/a> tied to the event, Bath &amp; Body Works teased &#8220;fun and unexpected foodie fragrances&#8221; including Coffee &amp; Donuts, Chips &amp; Salsa, Pizza &amp; Ranch, and Popcorn &amp; Slushie. The brand also introduced a limited-edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bathandbodyworks.com\/p\/holiday-dill-ight-3-wick-candle-028024875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.bathandbodyworks.com\/p\/holiday-dill-ight-3-wick-candle-028024875\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Holiday Dill-ight\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"e11743a3-9fc6-42a8-9d13-1e766079e8cb\" data-node-id=\"3.3\" class=\"body-link product-links css-1i7jlb0 emevuu60\">Holiday Dill-ight<\/a> candle, inspired by the pickle ornament tradition. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">On the product pages, Bath &amp; Body Works goes all in on the bit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bathandbodyworks.com\/p\/chips-and-salsa-3-wick-candle-028024881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.bathandbodyworks.com\/p\/chips-and-salsa-3-wick-candle-028024881\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Chips &amp; Salsa\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"2d928881-4661-401a-ae41-6aaef924daf6\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link product-links css-1i7jlb0 emevuu60\">Chips &amp; Salsa<\/a> lists fragrance notes like &#8220;bottomless tortilla chips and fresh salsa,&#8221; while Pizza &amp; Ranch promises &#8220;gooey cheese, crispy pepperonis and ranch.&#8221; On paper, these sound\u2026 kind of delicious? In candle form, fans were disgusted.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Some were simply baffled by the concept, with one comment cutting straight to the point, asking, &#8220;Who the hell greenlit this?&#8221; The reviews were a lot less &#8220;hmm, interesting notes of pepperoni&#8221; and more &#8220;get this candle away from me.&#8221; Pizza &amp; Ranch took the hardest hits, including one commenter declaring it smelled like &#8220;hot vomit,&#8221; a phrase no one wants to hear. Chips &amp; Salsa got dragged too, with multiple people insisting &#8220;The chips &amp; salsa &amp; pizza ranch should have never been made!!!!&#8221; and one gripe that &#8220;chips and salsa should not be &#8216;mint&#8217; color.&#8221; <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">To be clear, Bath &amp; Body Works isn&#8217;t new to edible-scent experiments. But during the holidays, most people want their living room to smell like pine, warming spices, and baked goods. It&#8217;s another choice to light a wick and commit your whole apartment to &#8220;ranch-adjacent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">For anyone who would like to return to scents that don&#8217;t spark culinary debate, the comment section did have a clear, heartfelt holiday wish: &#8220;Just please bring back brown sugar fig.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-fcvumo e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-17-0\" class=\"css-vzlvvm e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-17-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/>Getting In The Holiday Spirit<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bath &amp; Body Works released a new line of candles timed with their annual Candle Day sale. Alongside the classics, new food-inspired scents hit shelves like Chips &amp; Salsa, Pizza &amp; Ranch, and Holiday Dill-ight. Fans roasted the &#8220;weird&#8221; fragrances on social media, with Pizza &amp; Ranch and Chips &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}